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Sep 20, 2023 · For former steelworkers, Pittsburgh has completely changed since the devastating decline of the steel industry. According to the documentary, unemployed steelworkers from Pittsburgh traveled to different parts of the country seeking work.
Dec 7, 2022 · The rise and fall of steel in Pittsburgh is chronicled in Spiegel’s new documentary, “City of Steel.” Spiegel, who lives in Atlanta, spoke with more than 40 former steelworkers about their...
- Patrick Varine
Feb 21, 2023 · It has lost and regained its identity. It still has a remembrance of its past steel industries. It pays homage to the history and workers that built the city and economy through teams like the NFL’s Pittsburgh Steelers and the Duquesne and Monongahela inclines.
Dec 5, 2022 · Bruce Spiegel's new documentary "City of Steel" highlights the history of Pittsburgh's steel industry through the scarfers, mechanics, crane operators and labor activists who lived through it.
Dec 4, 2022 · According to the documentary, from 1981 to 1986, the Pittsburgh Steel Mills disappeared and 153,000 workers lost their jobs and livelihood. Growing up close to Homestead Works, Spiegel...
- CBS News Pittsburgh
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Sep 23, 2021 · What were the brutal realities people in Pittsburgh faced during steel's heyday? This list examines the day-to-day activities of 20th century life in Pittsburgh, which, despite the drastic difference in labor and production practices, has a number of things in common with life in the 21st century.
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These towns — that helped put Pittsburgh on the map and make the city an industrial powerhouse — seem to be left by the wayside and forgotten.
